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Further Reading: Books Featuring Gene Kelly

Books

If you're new to Gene Kelly, I'd recommend you begin with Clive Hirschhorn's biography and Besty Blair's memoir (Blair was married to Kelly for 16 years).

On GEne Kelly

  • Basinger, Jeanine. Gene Kelly (Illustrated History of the Movies). TBS The Book Service Ltd., 1978.
  • Blair, Betsy. The Memory of All That: Love and Politics in New York, Hollywood, and Paris. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2003.
  • Brideson, Cynthia and Sara Brideson. He's Got Rhythm: The Life and Career of Gene Kelly. University Press of Kentucky, 2017.
  • Hirschhorn, Clive. Gene Kelly: A Biography. Chicago: Regnery, 1975.
  • Masson, Alain. Gene Kelly. Paris: Gallimard, 2012. [in French]
  • Morley, Sheridan. Gene Kelly: A Celebration. Oxfordshire: Pavillion, 1997.
  • Yudkoff, Alvin. Gene Kelly: A Life of Dance and Dreams. New York: Back Stage Books, 1999.

on Gene Kelly's Films

  • Casper, Joseph Andrew. Vincente Minnelli and the Film Musical (1977).
  • Fordin, Hugh. MGM's Greatest Musicals: The Freed Unit. New York: Da Capo Press, 1975.
  • Hess, Earl J. and Pratibha A. Dabholkar, The Cinematic Voyage of The Pirate: Kelly, Garland, and Minnelli at Work. UP Missouri, 2014.
  • Hess, Earl J. and Pratibha A. Dabholkar, Singin’ in the Rain: The Making of an American Masterpiece” UP Kansas, 2009.
  • Knox, Donald. Magic Factory, The: How MGM Made An American in Paris (1973).
  • Sylvester, Stephen X. and Michael Troyan. MGM: Hollywood's Greatest Backlot (2011).
  • Thomas, Tony. The Films of Gene Kelly, Song and Dance Man. Secaucus, N.J., Citadel Press, 1974.
  • Silverman, Stephen M., Dancing on the Ceiling: Stanley Donen and His Movies. New York: Knopf, 1996.
  • Wollen, Peter. Singin' in the Rain. London: BFI Publishing, 1992.
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